Not On A Sleigh, But Meals On Wheels Delivering Christmas To 110

GUILFORD, CT — Like it did at Thanksgiving, Meals on Wheels volunteers are delivering more than just a beautiful holiday meal to many people this Christmas. The volunteers are bringing holiday joy and gifts, too.

The agency led by Guilford Interfaith Volunteers and overseen by Christi Burton is serving 110 meals and with those meals, special hand-decorated gift bags and other goodies.

Burton and Guilford Interfaith Volunteers staff Susan Egan, AnnMarie Gunn, and Tony Sicignano, wanted to say "thank you."

"We want to thank all who are giving support in creating these special Christmas bags for our Meals on Wheels clients who will receive them on Christmas morning," Burton told Patch.

In her year-end thank you note to volunteers, she quoted JFK: "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

Meals on Wheels is giving thanks for:

• Ethan Miller Song Foundation for organizing 100 gift bags with wonderful gifts for seniors
• Stop & Shop for donating fruit
• Big Y for donating goodies
• Page Hardware for allowing the adopt a senior program benefit
• Meals on Wheels clients Jean Hill and Cynthia Pallman for their knitting expertise and creating beautiful blankets and pot holders
• All the wonderful cards and baked goods from the various Guilford schools and clubs
• Meals on Wheels' "wonderful" kitchen crew for cooking up a delicious feast
• "Our great" volunteer drivers who are delivering all these goods on Christmas Day.
• And all of our volunteers (Charlie’s Closet, Friendly Visiting, & Meals on Wheels) who help us everyday accomplish our mission of 'Neighbor Helping Neighbor.' We truly could not accomplish this without you.